Singapore legislation
Section 32
Section 32
When police may arrest without warrant
(1)
Any police officer may without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant arrest —
any person who has been concerned in any seizable offence or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been so concerned;
any person having in his possession without lawful excuse, the burden of proving which excuse shall lie on such person, any implement of housebreaking;
any person who has been proclaimed under section 51;
any person in whose possession anything is found which may reasonably be suspected to be stolen or fraudulently obtained property, and who may reasonably be suspected of having committed an offence with reference to that thing;
any person who obstructs a police officer while in the execution of his duty or who has escaped or attempts to escape from lawful custody;
any person reasonably suspected of being a deserter from any force referred to in section 140B of the Penal Code [Cap. 224] or to which Chapter VII of that Code may be extended;
any person found taking precautions to conceal his presence under circumstances which afford reason to believe that he is taking those precautions with a view to committing a seizable offence;
any person who has no ostensible means of subsistence or who cannot give a satisfactory account of himself;
any person who is by repute an habitual robber, housebreaker or thief, or an habitual receiver of stolen property knowing it to be stolen, or who by repute habitually commits extortion or in order to commit extortion habitually puts or attempts to put persons in fear of injury;
any person in the act of committing in his presence a breach of the peace; or
any person subject to the supervision of the police who has failed to comply with any of the requirements of this Code.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall be held to limit or modify the operation of any other law empowering a police officer to arrest without a warrant.[31